How do we foster accountability for political speech? Because simply put: words matter. And words have been particularly important during this year's presidential election cycle.

* Evangelical ministers plan to endorse candidates * Churches intentionally putting tax-exempt status at risk * Catholic...

How do I know? Because politicians use coded language and in the past week or so a new phrase has appeared in the political discourse: And that phrase...

Compare: Justice Kennedy, majority decision in Citizens United, January 21, 2010: With the advent of the Internet, prompt disclosure of expenditures...

Never before have we had so many means to communicate; never before have we communicated less. We are caught up in this whirlwind of mindless blather, of incessant motion masquerading as action, and we desperately need some quiet.

Fred Phelps and his "church" are the ones who arrive at various places and events all across the country, waving hate-filled signs which convey his belief that God hates the US, homosexuals, the U.S. military, and dead American soldiers.